Alena Mackova

Assistant professor

Masaryk University

Czech Republic

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Alena Mackova is an Assistant Professor at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. Her research focuses on populism, social media's role in disinformation resilience, and audience engagement with alternative news media. Recent articles explore topics such as trust in media, political attitudes, and polarization in online discussions, contributing to a deeper understanding of political communication in contemporary society.

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Jakub Macek

Masaryk University

CZECH REPUBLIC

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Patrícia Goncalves da Conceicao Rossini

University of Glasgow

UNITED KINGDOM

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Lenka Hrbkova

Assistant Professor

Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies

CZECH REPUBLIC

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Iveta Jansova

Assistant professor

Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies

CZECH REPUBLIC

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Alena Mackova

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Articles (13)

When Populism Targets Europe: Anti-EU Rhetoric and User Engagement in the Visegrád Countries

Doing What Is Right: Role of Social Media Users in Resilience to Disinformation

The role of the media in conspiracy thinking: trust in journalists is key for the politically distrustful

Trust and Political Attitudes of Public Service Media Audiences in a Polarized Society: The Case of Czech Television

The Relationship Between Topics, Negativity, and User Engagement in Election Campaigns on Facebook

How Does the “Us” versus “Them” Polarization Work? Capturing Political Antagonism with the Political Antagonism Scale

One way or another? Discussion disagreement and attitudinal homogeneity on social networking sites as pathways to polarization in Czechia

Barriers to Participation in Polarized Online Discussions About Covid-19 and the Russo-Ukrainian War

Exploring the Audience of Alternative News Media: Trust, Reflexivity, and Political Attitudes in the Czech Republic

Barriers to Participation in Polarized Online Discussions About Covid-19 and the Russo-Ukrainian War

Beyond stealing: The determinants/motivations of Czech audiences to pay for audiovisual content

Campaign like a girl? Gender and communication on social networking sites in the Czech Parliamentary election

Citizenship's tangled web: Associations, gaps and tensions in formulations of European youth active citizenship across disciplines (August, 10.1080/17405629.2017.1367278, 2017)

Collaborators (4)

Jakub Macek

Patrícia Goncalves da Conceicao Rossini

Lenka Hrbkova

Iveta Jansova

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